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UNITED STATES D. E. BATTERSHALL ANDy M. BATTERsHAn-J, or TROY, NEW YORK.

. CANDLE-MOLD MACHINE.

specification f Letters'Patent No. 10,331, 'da'td Demb ao, ms.

To all 10h-omit may concern.:

Be it known that we, D. E; BATTERSHALL and M. ,BATTERsHALIa 'of Troy,vin the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Candles; andwe do hereby declare 'that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the an- 4neXed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top View ofthe machine, showing the construction andarrangement of the jaws. Thedotted lines show the p'o'- sitions of the jaws, Sac., when set inreadiness for springing. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, showing theconstruction and arrangement of parts for setting the jaws, lSac. Thedotted lines show the positions of thev working parts when the jaws areset in readiness for springing. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional view, taken at the line w "w of Fig. l. Fig. 5 isa transverse sectional viewtaken atthe line v m of Fig. v2. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal sectional view taken at the line Y Y of- Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is adev tached View of the horizontal sliding'bar. Fig. 8 is a detached viewof the oblique shoulder on the vertical sliding bar. Fig. 9 is adet-ached perspective view of the jaw containing the wick cutterv andcentering plate, and Fig. 10 is a detached view of the jaw with the wickholder.

The same letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of our invention consists in the peculiar Inode or manner ofcutting,

' centering, and holding the wick tight in the molds, in readiness foruse, by means of sprinof aws, with cutter, centering plate and wick l1the machine and molds, also a wick tightener arranged at the bottom ofthe machine.

The construction is-as follows:

A A is the frame work.

B B are the candle molds.

C is the top or face of the machine.n

D is the bottom. E is a vertical bar the upper end of which is curved soas to form the handle (a). This barfslides up'or down in grooves orbearings in the frame work and bottom.

Upon the back of the bar is the oblique older arranged on the top orface of of ,the thickness -of the bar.

F is an eccentric plate', secured', lo the/ frame work by thepin andupon `which it swings. At the upper corner cf said plate is a curvedslot (d). A pin (e) Vpasses through this slot, and screws intothe'vei'tical bar. The` opposite corner and side 'of the platebearagainst and slide on the pin screwed into a horizontal sliding bar'Gwhich slides in the case Aor in suitable 'grooves for that purpose. Thisbar is Iconstructed 4as seen in Figs. 6 and 7 @(L) is a 'notch on theunder sidev of it for the purpose of allowing the poi'nt of the catch orpawl `(i), V'when the notch is brought over it, to catch against it andprevent the bar from slipping back until desired. Each e'ml of this baris attached. by Vconnecting reds (j j) to each end of the crank Varms ofthe shafts (l Zi), the lower ends of which so as rto bear against andforce'open 'thejaws Jand al..

(n), Figs.V 5 and 9, is the wick cutter, Y i

which is secured firmlyA in the jaw by screws,

and-*can be removed easily when necessary to sharpen it.

(0) is the guide plate for centering the` wicks.

, shoulder (b)y formed by 'cutting 'away (p) is a flange or wick holderon the j aw I J', and when the jaws are closed fitting` snugly betweenthe cutter and guide plate for the'purpose of holding the ends of thewicks tight.

(l g) are guide bars upon which the jaws slide.

(1' r) are flat bow springs for forcing the jaws together when requiredtocut, center, and hold the wicks.

K K are wick spools, the vwicking drawn in red lines. v L is the wickt-ightener, which is so made handle (s), which passes through the end10o 'A .has to have a section of it in the sha-peas of the machine, andVis held in the required positions by means of notches in the springcatch (t The tightener plate is arranged for the purpose of tighteningthe wicks on.

(o) is a strip of leather packing for the cutter to cut the wicks on.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The spools having beensupplied with wicking the ends of which are passed through guide holesin thetightening plate, thence under the shaft of thetightener into andthrough the molds to the centering plate in the jaws, where they areheld fast, the wicks are then suiiiciently tightened by turning thetightener down upon them, holding them securely between the tightenerand plate by means of the handle and spring catch. The molds are nowfilled with tal* low, ice o-r snow having previously been placed aroundthe molds to expedite the cooling of the candles, which being cold arenow ready for drawing. The jaws are opened by pushing down the verticalbar, which causes the eccentric plate bv means of the connecting pin inthe curve slot to bear on the pin in the horizontal sliding bar, therebymoving the-bar, and with it the connecting rods, crank arms, andtumblers or buttons, which force the jaws open against the springs untilthe different moving parts assume the respective positions as shown bythe dotted lines, and held in such position by the catch or pawlslipping into the notch on the under side of the horithe superfluoustallow being removed by a scraper, the wick tightenerunloosened. The

candles are drawn by means of nippers ori dinarily used for thatpurpose. The'jaw of the nippelrs has a shoulder to lit against irectlyunder the tightener and isV l a notch in the handle of the verticalbar,.

so as to draw the bar: up with it until the candles clear the molds,when the oblique shoulder on the back side of the bar strikes y.

the pawl and permits thevsprings to act on the jaws, which shut withsuiiicient'force to cut the wicks from the candles drawn from the moldsand center and hold the. wick ends of a new set.

The advantages of this improvement consist in allo-wingvthe candles tobe removed as soon as dra-wn from the molds, so that the gloss and finefinish ofthe candles isI retained, they not being exposed to theinjurious effects of heat fromV the hot tallow, as they are in theold-'modes of drawing; also, in the cheapness, efficiency and rapiditywith which the machine can be worked.

Having thus described our invention,-

what we claim as new and desire to by Letters Patent, is: l. Thearrangement for cutting, for censecure tering, and for holding the wicksat one i and the same operation, bymeans of the i cutter, guide plate,jaws, springs, tumblers,

crank arms, connecting rods, horizont-al sliding bar, pawl, eccentricplate, and vertical sliding bar, the respective parts being arranged,and operating substantially in the manner, and for the lpurposes asherein described and representec j 2. We claim the wick tightener, Lconstructed and operating, substantially in the manner, and fortherpurposes as herein de-` vscribed and shown. zontal bar, andprevented from returning,

Witnesses: y

JOHN MORAN, J. J. SAVAGE.

